13 DECEMBER 1925
Reza Shah Pahlavi was confirmed as the new King of Persia.
The executive of the National Union of Railwaymen has decided that, unless a settlement is reached in a dispute on the Great Central section of the L.N.E.R. railway shopmen on those sections will cease work next Saturday. Several thousand shopmen are involved. An award of the Industrial Court, in operation on all lines except the two sections mentioned, is the cause of the dispute. Warrington, Liverpool and Manchester are among the centres concerned.